Reviews

The appropriate (and inappropriate) application of technology to the practice of medicine has become a subject of increasing interest to physicians, scientists, engineers, and the thinking public in recent years. This area has been a source of both encouragement (because of its potential) and concern (because of its cost). Legislative groups have attempted to control its development and regulate its proliferation. Much of the debate over the issues involved has treated this situation as historically unique; Dr. Reiser´s book should therefore be welcomed for exploring the antecedents of our present medical technology.